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PATENT OFFICE.

ERNsT HEIMANN, oF ANDER, TEXAS.

y SASH-HOLDER SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 752,549, dated February 16, 1904.

Application Vfiled January '7, 1`903.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ERNST HEIMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ander, in the county of Goliad and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sash-Hold ers, of which the following is a specification. l

My invention relates to improvements in sash-holders, and pertains particularly to that class in which the sash can bereadily raised or lowered and held in any desired position.

The object of my invention is to provide a sash-holder in which the sashcan be readily raised and will be held in said raised position and said holding means provided with a locking means, whereby the catch can be vlocked in an inward position, so that the sash can be readily raised or lowered.

Another objectof my invention is to so ar range the holder in respect to the two sashes that the holder carried by the upper sash will not interfere with the raising and lowering of the lower sash.

A further object of my invention is to provide a cheap, simple, and more effective sashholder than has heretofore been produced and one which serves the double purpose as a guide for the sash-holder.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation of a window-frame, showing the position of the holders carried by the upper and lower sashes. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the sash, partly broken away, showing the rack-bar and the holder in engagement therewith. Fig. 3` is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of that part of the sash carrying the holder. Fig. 4 is an enlarged perspective view of the unlocking-lever. Fig. 5 is a side view of the locking-plates. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the spring-pressed catch.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the ordinary window-sash frame having the upper and lower sashes B and C slidable therein in the usual manner, but dispensing with the usual ropes and 'balance-weights. The saidsashes are of the usual structure, and the outer edges that bear against the inner walls of the frame are provided with a vertical slot or recess D, which extends throughout their entire length, and the inner walls of the Serial-No. 138,140. (No model.)

frame are provided with vertical bars E and E', which are adapted to slide within said groove or slot D, and this guides the sash in its upward and downward movement. The bar E is provided with upwardly-extending teeth on its outer surface, the purpose of which will be hereinafter more fully described, and `it is understood that there is a plain bar and a toothed'bar for each of the sashes.

The upper right-hand edge` of the upper sash and the lower right-hand edge of the lower sash is provided with a catch which will be hereinafter more fully described, and the latches are so arranged in respect to each other that the two sashes are allowed to be raised and lowered without the edge of one sash engaging or interfering with the latch carried by the other sash. The edge of each sash in their respective places, as heretofore pointed out, is provided with a longitudinally-squared `recess Gr, which communicates with the recess D, and, 'as before stated, said opening is squared, but could be a round opening simply `bored therein. Extending from said opening G adjacent its inner end is a transverse elongated slot H, which communicates with the inner portion of the sash, so that it may be readily operated from the inside. Within the inner end of said opening G is a coiled spring I, and within said opening is an elongated member J, which is of a shape to snugly fit within the squared recess G and the inner end of which bears against the coilspring I, and thus the normal tendency of said spring is to hold said member in an outward position. The outer end of said member J is beveled downwardly at j, so that it will readily slide over the rack-bar E as the sash is raised; but the straight lower wall j will engage said rack-bar when the weight of the sash comes therein or it is forced downward by any desired means. The said pawl or member J is provided intermediate its ends with a circumferential groove f2, the purpose of which is to receive a lever K, which I will now proceed to describe.

Covering the transverse slot H in the inner face of the sash is a plate L, which is provided with an elongated horizontal slot Z, which has in communication with its inner end a verti- IOO cal slot Z', which is considerably shorter than the horizontal slot Z. Resting Within the said horizontal slot is anunlocking-lever K, which is composed of an outer enlarged handle portion K, which is on the outside Vof the said plate. Said lever is provided with an intermediate reduced central portion la, which is of a size to snugly fit within the horizontal slot Z, carried by the plate L. The inner end of said lever K is provided withabifurcated end k', which is adapted to fit in the circumferential groove f2 in the slidable catch and by means of which the catch is drawn inward and held in the manner described. The said bifurcated arm of thel lever is adapted to oscillate in the circumferential groove in the catch, and by sliding the lever K by the handle K horizontally within the horizontal groove the catch J is drawn inward, and by throwing the lever or arm K downward in the vertical slot the lever and catch in connection therewith are held in said position, and the catch thus drawn away from the rackbar and the window can be raised or lowered, as described. It is understood that the catch carried by the upper and lower sashes are eX- actly the same; but their postions are different for the purpose heretoforepointed out.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination with a sash, an outwardly-spring-pressed bolt having a circumferential groove intermediate its ends, a plate adjacent said bolt, and having an L-shaped slot therein, and a removable key with said slot and having a bifurcated inner end adapted to fit in said circumferential groove.

2. The combination with a sash, an outwardly-spring-pressed bolt held against rotation and having a circumferential groove intermediate its ends, 'a plate adjacentsaid bolt and having an L-shaped slot therein, and a key having a reduced central portion adapted to slide in said slot, and a bifurcated inner end adapted to lit in said circumferential groove.

3. The combination with a sash having an elongated squared recess in its outer edge, of an outwardly-spring-pressed squared member in said recess and having a circumferential groove intermediate its ends, the `said sash having a transverse recess adjacent the end of the elongated recess, a plate covering said transverse recess and having a horizontal slot therein and a vertical slot in communication with the inner end of said horizontal slot, and a key having a reduced central portion within said slot and a bifurcated inner end resting in said circumferential groove.

4. The combination with a sash having an elongated squared recess in -its outer edge, of an outwardly-spring-pressed squared member in said recess and having a circumferential groove intermediate its ends, and atransverse recess communicating with said squared recess, a plate covering said transverse recess and having an L-shaped slot therein, and a key having a reduced central portion within said slot in said plate, and a bifurcated inner end resting in said circumferential groove.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my'hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST HEIMANN.

Witnesses:

FERDINAND ALBRECHT, J r., PHIL. URBAN. 

